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I have had some inquiries about the mini quilt, so I thought I would post a little more information since some people can't get to the original instructions.

My grandson, Drew, loves animals, so I wanted to feature large pictures of animals in his quilt. I purchased a few pieces of fabric that had several different animals on one piece of yardage. I made a frame out of cardboard and placed it over the animal pictures and then marked the cutting lines through the inside of the frame.

The post where I got this idea from used a variety of kid-themed fabrics with smaller prints so they didn't need to fussy cut them. This would be a more economical way to make the quilt, but I really wanted to feature the animals for Drew's quilt, so I was willing to splurge a bit.

I found that both Walmart and Hobby Lobby had a lot of animal and children's prints to choose from.

I cut out thirty 4 1/2 inch blocks -- 2 of each print and then stitched them together in six rows of 5 across using 1/4 inch seams. I then layered the backing (right side down), the batting, and the quilt top. I pinned these layers together with safety pins. (I cut the batting and the backing larger than the top.) I tied the quilt at the intersections with perle cotton. After it was tied I trimmed the batting even with the quilt top and cut the backing 1" larger than the top. I then turned the backing over toward the top to form a binding and stitched it down by hand.

This shows the tying at the intersections:

This shows the backing folded over and used as binding:

This is definitely not a family heirloom -- I just hope it will be a fun little gift for my one and only grandson. It was a lot of fun to make and I'm hoping to make more in the future. If you have other questions I would be glad to try to answer them. Perhaps when I make another one I can do a tutorial.

Becka

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I have been having fun with a few sewing projects lately. Unfortunately I can't share some of them with you until after Christmas!

One thing that I can share with you is this little mini I spy quilt for my grandson, Drew. I am going up to visit him in about a week and I wanted to take him a gift. I found the directions for the little quilt here. It was a fun project and I hope to make more of them in the future.

Here is a picture of it:

Drew loves Thomas the Train. Here is a picture of the back of the quilt:

Becka

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After we left St. Louis we headed to Paducah, Kentucky, which was about a three hour drive. Our first stop was Hancock's of Paducah, which is a large fabric store catering to quilters. Megan and I enjoyed looking around in there and we both did a little shopping. Rob and Drew drove around and got the lay of the land and had a little snack.

This is the fabric and quilt pattern I bought:

After our shopping we headed to the town center to the National Quilt Museum.

Since it was already pretty late in the afternoon we decided we would just look around in the lobby and gift shop. We were perusing the gifts when the lady selling the tickets came to talk with us. When she found out we were just in Paducah for a short time she allowed us to go into the museum for a quick walk-thru. The quilts were absolutely amazing! They are truly works of art. I'd love to show you a picture, but photography was not allowed in the museum. There are also pieces of art related to quilts in the museum--things like carved wooden quilts (which were amazingly realistic) and mosaics in quilt designs.

Just beyond the museum is the Ohio River and the city has a series of about sixty floodwalls that different artists have painted with scenes of life from the past. They were very nicely done and we enjoyed strolling along the river and looking at them.

There was also an antique locomotive on display in front of the murals:

After we explored the town for a while we headed out for supper and then on to the hotel for the evening. The next morning we started our trip back to Greenville and home, thus ending our travel adventures for this trip.

Becka

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